Postcode · Bacup
Crime in OL13 9UD
How much crime is recorded in OL13 9UD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bacup
- Council
- Rossendale
- Region
- North West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,812 (2024)
OL13 9UDBacup
How safe is OL13 9UD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 49.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the OL13 9UD area, well above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 8 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
8/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Higher than most neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
49.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
100
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
OL13 9UDNational
Violence and sexual offences40.723.6
Anti-social behaviour15.510.7
Burglary12.89.1
Other theft12.64.5
Shoplifting7.18.4
Criminal damage and arson7.04.7
Public order4.54.6
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Other crime2.91.5
Drugs1.12.4
Theft from the person0.52.1
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.